Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Last Night in Soho 2021

  ★★ Watched 29 Oct 2021

  So disappointing :/

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  Brazil 1985

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Oct 2021

  Insane production design and lots of cool surreal elements that really work with the film instead of making it showy and gimmicky. Such a significant movie, watching through it you can recognise how many other great films were inspired by Brazil!

Popular reviews

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  Fantastic Fungi 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Sep 2021

  Despite how this film can sometimes feel like propaganda and over-glamorisation, I think the core messages in it are still valid and should definitely be heard. Don't let what seems like fantastical talk about how a mushroom can cure cancer or how psychedelics treat depression put you off of what this film is ultimately trying to promote. Not only does Fantastic Fungi show us the crazy, unimaginable things nature is capable of, but also it reminds us of our connection…

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  Adaptation. 2002

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Aug 2021

  Interesting to find Kaufman had decided to write a feature film screenplay about himself after only having one major film under his belt at the time. However, the elements that some find narcissistic and self-absorbed about Adaptation, others may say are what makes it the unique, layered, and intimate film that it is. Kaufman's thoughts, processes, demeanors, interactions, and even the cruel habit of thinking of himself in such a self-demeaning way, are all portrayed in the film and rightfully…

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